New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arraigned Friday federally after he and several other politicians were cuffed trying to inspect the 10th-floor ICE detainment facility in 26 Federal Plaza, but he says he was not the one at fault.
Speaking after his afternoon hearing outside 500 Pearl Street on December 5, Lander sought to perform a role reversal on the Federal Government. He stated that he was charged on Sept. 18 with a class C federal misdemeanor for “obstructing the usual use of that federal property or that 10-floor elevator lobby.” Lander, however, railed that ICE using a courthouse is not a usual use.
